Wheat — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Wheat — Yield was 6,778 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Egypt is 6,778 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Egypt peaked at 6,860 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,405 kg/ha, in 1969.
Egypt ranks 10th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,470 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,606 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 2,642 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 2,755 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 2,644 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 2,703 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 2,451 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 2,535 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 2,405 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 2,756 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 3,041 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 3,091 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 3,693 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1974 | 3,269 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 3,472 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 3,345 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 3,332 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 3,334 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 3,161 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 3,118 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 3,297 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 3,496 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 3,600 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 3,667 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 3,759 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 3,803 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 4,716 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1988 | 4,751 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 4,942 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 5,197 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 4,816 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 5,255 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 5,297 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,003 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 5,422 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 5,638 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 5,599 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 5,990 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 6,347 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 6,342 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 6,358 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 6,434 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 6,500 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 6,557 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 6,493 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 6,430 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 6,467 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 6,503 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 6,383 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 5,574 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 6,543 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2012 | 6,582 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 6,668 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 6,175 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 6,592 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 6,631 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 6,860 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 6,294 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 6,500 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 6,366 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 6,850 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 6,699 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 6,777 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 6,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 6,778 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 6,778 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,579 kg/ha | 2,405 kg/ha | 2,755 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,249 kg/ha | 2,756 kg/ha | 3,693 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,915 kg/ha | 3,118 kg/ha | 4,942 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,456 kg/ha | 4,816 kg/ha | 6,347 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,447 kg/ha | 6,342 kg/ha | 6,557 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,442 kg/ha | 5,574 kg/ha | 6,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,694 kg/ha | 6,366 kg/ha | 6,850 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 8 Denmark 7,040 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,125 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 6,350 kg/ha compare
- 13 Sweden 6,169 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 673.2 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Egypt?
- Wheat — yield in Egypt was 6,778 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6,860 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,405 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Egypt rank for wheat — yield?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.